Florescent ballast, commercial or residential?

Nice try BigGuy I live in France as far for the electrical device between the resdentail and commercal line they intertwined so there is no differance only the voltage level that all.

For the 4 prong receptale or our terms " power points " you have to be little more carefull with the wording due you can get them in monophase or triphase verison and if someone is not carefull you know the result .,, firework show or magic smoke which you will cuss like nuts.

Merci,
Marc

European Electrical has a different frequency (hertz) than American Electrical. Its why you can't plug in American items into a European outlet without an adapter between the two to change the frequency of the electricity so it doesn't fry the American made device.

Florescent ballast, commercial or residential?

Yes, most homes do have breakers that large for water heaters. But guess what, they usually have 200 amp or as large as 400 amp service. Guess you did not know that.

My uncle used to have a 4200sq ft $500,000 home, and his breaker was 30a................

He wasn't allowed to get anything commercial installed because the builders said it wasn't allowed because the house was going to be residential. Breaker they said was highest capacity allowable for a residential dwelling.

Florescent ballast, commercial or residential?

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Dude, I don't know of ANY homes that have any higher than 30 amps..... That includes the $500,000 house my uncle bought years back....

30 amps? How old is that house? BTW, my dryer is on a 30 amp breaker, if I had a electric water heater, so would it. If I had a heat pump, guess what, 30 amp breaker, could be 40 amp. If I ever had to add a sub-panel, guess what, I could put in a 60 amp breaker to feed it.

Florescent ballast, commercial or residential?

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Originally Posted by BigGuy01

My uncle used to have a 4200sq ft $500,000 home, and his breaker was 30a................

He wasn't allowed to get anything commercial installed because the builders said it wasn't allowed because the house was going to be residential. Breaker they said was highest capacity allowable for a residential dwelling.

What about the electrique stove or larger Central Air condtioing unit they denfine use larger breaker without issue.

And can you send me your state code related to the limitation of breaker size ???

Florescent ballast, commercial or residential?

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Originally Posted by BigGuy01

My uncle used to have a 4200sq ft $500,000 home, and his breaker was 30a................

He wasn't allowed to get anything commercial installed because the builders said it wasn't allowed because the house was going to be residential. Breaker they said was highest capacity allowable for a residential dwelling.

At least he listened to and believed that malarkey!

It's been fun but you can go on playing tonight while the rest must do something more constructive!

Florescent ballast, commercial or residential?

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Originally Posted by BigGuy01

European Electrical has a different frequency (hertz) than American Electrical. Its why you can't plug in American items into a European outlet without an adapter between the two to change the frequency of the electricity so it doesn't fry the American made device.

Florescent ballast, commercial or residential?

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Never said you couldn't. But I've never seen a house with anything bigger than 30a

And youve never seen a 1/2" water service either.
Can you explain a gfci and how it operates to me,im feeling rusty.
How about an afci?
Im installing a sub panel monday,should I bond the neutrals/grounds together or seperate them?
If so what kind of glue should I use to bond them?
While Im there I need to install a drip leg on the water heater,how far off the ground should the bottem of it be ?
How many 90s can I put in the drip leg before i have to step up to bigger pipe?
My condensing unit says it pulls 12.3 amps how big of a breaker should i wire it into,what size wire?
youre my saviour!

Florescent ballast, commercial or residential?

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Well im sure atleast 2 of those cards in your wallet are for your the phone numbers of all your bosses at burger king,then you have the business card of the guy who sold your boss that tamper proof spec grade gfi for the womens bathroom you keep testing every 30 minutes(cant be too safe! )
maybe if youre a good boy and finish that correspondence course in electrical theory theyll move you up to head bulb changer some day!

Actually, it's Flagger, OSHA-10, Forklift Operator, Electrical Trainee reciept (get the card itself in a few days, have to wait for processing blah blah blah, and it goes into electrical license after 10,000hrs of working electrical, but I'm going for more training towards plumbing because I love doing Plumbing more than Electrical, much more funner to me) Powder Actuated Tools Cert. Lovers reward card, Home Depot Rewards Club, and then my Driver's License.

Luckily in my state, Plumbers and Electricians are State Certified, so it saves wallet space.

Florescent ballast, commercial or residential?

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European Electrical has a different frequency (hertz) than American Electrical. Its why you can't plug in American items into a European outlet without an adapter between the two to change the frequency of the electricity so it doesn't fry the American made device.

Where in the world did that come from? Are you just trying to dig for more info to help in your trade, or just not realizing that some of these guys that are professionals in the trades can show you a thing or two. Back in the day for your info, back in the day, there was no consistency for the frequency of electrical systems here in the U.S. It was not until Westinghouse Electricity decided to make it standardized to use 60hz, due to stuff just ran better. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_frequency

Florescent ballast, commercial or residential?

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Originally Posted by BigGuy01

European Electrical has a different frequency (hertz) than American Electrical. Its why you can't plug in American items into a European outlet without an adapter between the two to change the frequency of the electricity so it doesn't fry the American made device.

Learned that on the internet didnt ya,did you also read the part about most europeon countries running on 240v instead of 120?

Florescent ballast, commercial or residential?

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Originally Posted by BigGuy01

My uncle used to have a 4200sq ft $500,000 home, and his breaker was 30a................

He wasn't allowed to get anything commercial installed because the builders said it wasn't allowed because the house was going to be residential. Breaker they said was highest capacity allowable for a residential dwelling.